Croatia celebrates Victory Day and 28th anniversary of Operation Storm
ZAGREB, 5 Aug (Hina) – Croatia is on Saturday celebrating Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and Veterans Day in memory of the 1995 Operation Storm, with central commemorative events taking place in Knin, the Dalmatian hinterland. Operation Storm was launched…
Three patrol boats for Cypriot police built by Pula-based Tehnomont
ZAGREB, 4 Aug (Hina) – Three patrol boats, worth €7.5 million, which were built by the Pula shipyard Tehnomont for the Cyprus Port & Marine Police, were presented in the Istrian city on Friday. The vessels are intended for patrolling…
Six heads of state, including Croatia’s Milanović, issue appeal for the Mediterranean
ZAGREB, 3 Aug (Hina) – The presidents of six member states of the Arraiolos Group, including Croatia’s Zoran Milanović, have appealed to all Mediterranean countries, the European Union and the international community to join efforts to halt the effects of…
Croatia’s Emergency Alerts system to be fully operational as of midnight Friday
ZAGREB, 3 Aug (Hina) – The Croatian national Emergency Alerts system(SRUUK) will be fully operational as of midnight on Friday after the identified deficiencies have been removed over the last two months and decision makers have been designated, the Civil…
“Hydrogen Valley North Adriatic” project receives €25 mn in non-reimbursable funds
ZAGREB, 2 August 2023 (Hina) An agreement was signed on Wednesday on the co-financing of the North Adriatic cross-border Hydrogen Valley (NAHV) project with €25 million euros in grant funds. A consortium consisting of 37 partners from Slovenia, Croatia and…
8-year-old croat winner in ALOHA Mental arithmetic international Competition
ZAGREB, 31 July (Hina) – Petar Andačić, an 8-year-old boy from Zagreb, won the Tiny Tots category at the ALOHA Mental Arithmetic International Competition which took in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend. ALOHA Mental Arithmetic International Competition in Malaysia brought…
€93 granted per stork nest in Zagreb County
ZAGREB, 31 July (Hina) – The authorities in Zagreb County continue implementing a scheme under which owners of properties at which white storks build their nests are compensated for conserving those nests. Roofs where stork nests need repairing every 10…
Survey shows Croats are increasingly aware of importance to protect nature
ZAGREB, 29 July (Hina) – Four out of five Croatians support the establishment of areas free of hunting, fishing, and logging, and more than a half believe that preserved nature is Croatia’s greatest asset, according to a public opinion poll…
Croatia records positive migration balance in 2022
ZAGREB, 27 July (Hina) – A total of 57,972 persons immigrated to Croatia from abroad in 2022, which is 11,685 more than the number of emigrants, and the majority of new residents came from Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the…
Valuable 14th century cross returned to Croatia after 50 years
ZAGREB, 27 July (Hina) – A silver-enameled and gold-plated processional cross from the second half of the 14th century has been returned to Croatia nearly 50 years after it was stolen from St. Francis’s Monastery in Zadar. The cross depicts…
Exhibition on women’s role in promoting Croatia’s tourism to be staged soon
ZAGREB, 26 June (Hina) – An exhibition consisting of tourist leaflets, posters, brochures, travelogues, postcards and other print material showing women in the tourism and hospitality sector will be staged in the National and University Library (NSK) on 1 August….
Croatia top trading partner of Bosnia and Herzegovina
ZAGREB, 25 July (Hina) – Croatia remained the top trading partner of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first six months of 2023, according to the data collected by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s chamber of foreign commerce. The chamber’s president Zdravko Marinković…
